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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

And so I have almost finished (except for the inset triangles along the edges) sewing together the Kansas Dugout Quilt top. Yesterday I set myself the target of sewing together the Kansas Dugout blocksinto a quilt top. Little did I know just how much work that task would entail; this was no straight forward "join blocks into rows" and "sew rows together" kind of quilt top. Piecing the blocks was the easy part, joining them together was a whole other story.

I tackled it in sections and then tried not to get too overwhelmed by having to set numerous center squares into the otherwise completed quilt top. Tricky and fiddly but if you cut and mark the fabric accurately, and take your time with lining up the fabrics it does come together surprisingly well.

My biggest concern now is that I have almost run out of the solid fabric, there's definitely not enough solid fabric left over for the triangles along the outer edges. And ... it's not a Kona Cotton in Slate after all! It is close in color but not the same as the FQ I have in my stash. I am guessing it is an Amy Butler (Free Spirit) solid fabric.

There are other options though and I think I will turn this negative into an opportunity for some more fabric play. Surely there is something in my stash that will work for the outer triangles?

I had to go back and read to find out what you were talking about... When I looked at the block, I saw individual long diamonds with quarter-square triangles sewn together to make a block (each centre square being made of four QSTs); I had know idea there were so many inset seams! Wow - you are ambitious! As soon as I see insets, I try to break the block down further because they terrify me. :-) Colour me impressed!

I didn't read all the comments, so this has probably already been suggested - but I think that the outer triangles should be whatever material you choose for the binding. That pic with the background for the edges looks GREAT, and that is what it would look like with a matching outer triangle/binding :) Great job on the quilt top though - I always avoid making quilts with y-seams!

My first thought for the edge triangles would be red, if you could find a shade that would not match the red prints on the edges - or slate, but a deeper shade that the centers. Great job! I am having a terrible time posting on blogs on which the Comments do not pop up in a separate page.

1. (also mentioned by others) make the edge triangles and binding out of the same fabrics - would really frame it. I'd go for a darker shade of the slate.

2. Keep the unusual edges for the edge of the quilt. Cut strips of fabric (wider than the missing triangles). After quilting, sew along the seam line. Folding on the seam line, flip to the back and slip stitch to the backing. This is a great way to do scalloped edges without bias binding too.